This search was not run from the Bryan Bldg?

Honestly, if Selmon did have great help, that is a testament to him to not let ego get in the way and rely on those who could help him. Thats what a great leader does.

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Originally Posted by Coursesuper

It was run by Bulldog baseball alumni with help from some other deep pocket boosters. We have made a significant commitment to being where our fan base expectations are. The commitment to the program is why we were able to attract the caliber of coaching staff that we have. Nice job by the AD turning to people that he knew could get the job done when he knew it wasn?t in his wheelhouse.

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Don't think I've ever been more proud to be a Bulldawg. Zac did what good leaders do. Surround yourself with the best and swing for the fences. And as a result we assembled the BEST STAFF IN THE COUNTRY. This hire will become EPIC in the history of Bulldawg sports. Stand tall Dawgs everywhere! We 17ing KILLED it!!!

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

If you don't think Selmon got this done, you're crazy. Sure, the funds matter, but Selmon had to convince BOC. We got the primary guy with little issue.
Funny how last week the same people we saying it was run by the hired agency and we hadn't even talked to coaches. That was 100% false as well.

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We had people on here- and you might have been one insisting that we weren't overspending on a baseball hire. And we just spent a ton of money to hire a HOF caliber coach while at the same time increasing staff and our NIL reserve.

With all due respect the ones that said that Bo McKinnis and others were spearheading this were 100% right on the money the whole time. And yeah- they had to get Selmon involved. They weren't staging a coup here. It was always going to go better with Selmon involved- for everyone.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

We had people on here- and you might have been one insisting that we weren't overspending on a baseball hire. And we just spent a ton of money to hire a HOF caliber coach while at the same time increasing staff and our NIL reserve.

With all due respect the ones that said that Bo McKinnis and others were spearheading this were 100% right on the money the whole time. And yeah- they had to get Selmon involved. They weren't staging a coup here. It was always going to go better with Selmon involved- for everyone.

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We didn't overspend on a hire, BOC was cheap buyout-wise. I said we wouldn't spend $10MM on buyouts, and we didn't. All those high buyout guys were never even an option. This hire was done almost as soon as we had an opening, and that's the crazy thing. Just had to be sure he could let VA go and their counter wasn't crazy after all those years and that was handled by Selmon. There are always money people involved to a point, but this has pretty well been settled for awhile as long as cold feet didn't kill it because VA couldn't offer enough. That's not anyone one of us knowing shit, just folks doing their jobs.